Spring Preview: Your guide to art exhibits at museums and galleries

▪ “Hotel Theory” by Raleigh artist Bill Thelen. On view through the summer. Drawings, collaged works on paper using watercolors, ink and graphite drawings, and wall painting, along with a new wall drawing and a fiber piece that utilizes fabrics sourced from Raleigh Denim.

▪ “The SuperNatural.” On Display through July. In these still and moving images of land and cityscapes, and in the taxidermy and fabricated figures, nature meets technoculture.

▪ "Becoming a Woman in the Age of Enlightenment: French Art from the Horvitz Collection," through April 8.

▪ "Mondrian, Leger, Kandinsky: Three Modern Masterworks from the Collection of Julian H. Robertson Jr.," through March 11.

▪ "Versus: Selected Works by the MFA Class of 2018," April 20 through May 13

▪ "The Outwin: American Portraiture Today," June 1-Aug. 26

▪ I Heart Art Fundraiser is 1 to 3 p.m. in the The Great Room, 100 E. Franklin St., Chapel Hill. This is the annual fundraiser. Food, drinks, live entertainment and art-making, plus a silent auction of local artists and businesses. $25 suggested donation. Buy tickets at ncati.org.

▪ Artist Studios self-guided tour, April 14-15. Fearrington Village. Free.

▪ “Redress Papers,” by Tyler Starr, March 2-April 14

▪ “In Other Words,” by Libby O’Daniel, March 2-31

▪ “The Art of War,” by Trish Brownlee, Alicia Dietz and Folleh Tamba, March 16-May 12

▪ “Dad Library,” by Sidney Stretz, April 2-28

▪ “Artfor-Us,” by Sherrill Roland, April 20-May 12

▪ “FRESH” by several artists. May 19-30 (invitation-only preview); June 3-25 (public exhibition)

▪ “Textile, Print, and Form: A Lifetime of Magical Experimentation,” by Dame Zandra Rhodes. Through June 10. Artist appearances March 1 (ticketed event) and 2 (Free).

▪ A selection of Fashion Illustrations by Ann Thaden. Through June 10. Artist appearances March 1 (ticketed event) and 2 (Free) and April 6 (Free).

▪ “The Long Sun,” by Anne Lindberg. Through June 10.

▪ “Painting the Roses Red,” by Margaret Bowland. April 5-June 17. Community CAMversation with the artist at 11 a.m. April 7. Free.

▪ Truck Show, Easter Dresses All in a Rose, March 10, with designer and seamstress Diane Ness

▪ Cocoon Gallery anniversary party, April 14. Artists, refreshments and a raffle.

▪ Grand Re-Opening Show, Member and guest artists. Through March 31.

▪ “Treasures of Native America,” Selections from the Drs. Norman and Gilda Greenberg Gift. Through Aug. 29.

▪ “Bob Trotman: Business As Usual,” Sculptures by North Carolina artist Bob Trotman. Through July 1.

▪ “Design Duet – The Creative Lives of Robert Black and Ormond Sanderson.” March 15-Sept. 9.

▪ Phil Blank Exhibit. March 8. Reception 5 to 8 p.m. Giclee prints and originals that pay tribute to musicians, music movements, fictional narratives and political and social movements.

▪ Celebrating Nature in Drawing, Photography and Pottery. Receptions April 12 and May 10 from 5 to 8 p.m. Botanical illustrations by Preston Montague, wildlife photos by Ricky Davis, and pottery by Liz Kelly.

▪ Spring Kiln Opening, noon to 6 p.m., April 29. Functional stoneware with impressionistic landscapes, animals and flowers

▪ 12th annual Open Garden & Art Show, April 29, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Local artists and craftspeople show and sell their work in a spring garden setting. Plants propagated from the garden will be for sale. Free.

▪ 50th anniversary celebration, April 14, 2 to 6 p.m.

▪ “Coastal Currents” by Nancy Hughes Miller. Opening reception 3 to 5 p.m. May 19.

▪ “Art in Bloom,” March 22-25. $18 nonmembers, $13 museum members. Free for 6 and younger.

▪ “You Are Here: Light, Color and Sound Experiences,” April 7-July 22. $15 for adults; $12 for seniors, military, college students and groups; $9 for youth 7 to 18; and free for 6 and younger. They go on sale for members Feb. 20 and for nonmembers March 6.

▪ “You Are Here: OMAi residency,” May 17-18, 24-25. Museum Park. Projections created by OMAi and visitors will be shown on the side of the museum’s East Building.

▪ “Courtside: Photographs by Bill Bamberger.” Through May 13.

▪ “La Vita Italiana: Italian Postwar Photography, 1950-1970.” Through May 13.

▪ “Solidary & Solitary: The Joyner/Giuffrida Collection.” Feb. 22-July 15

▪ “Precarity,” by John Akomfrah. March 29-Aug. 26

▪ “Cats and Dogs” by Karel Appel and Dieter Roth. May 26-Nov. 25.

▪ “Picturing Nam: US Military Photography of the Vietnam War.” Through March 18.

▪ North Carolina 1868 Constitution, on display through April 29. The document is stored in the vault of the State Archives of North Carolina and is rarely on public view due to its fragile nature.

▪ “North Carolina and World War I.” Through Jan. 6, 2019.

▪ “Eyecentennial: A Solo Exhibit” by Nate Shaeffer. March 1-31.

▪ “Electric Avenue”: Works inspired by the concept. Exhibit runs through March 31. Receptions 6-9 p.m. March 16.

▪ “Changing Worlds,” Earth Month exhibit and programming presented by Carin Walsh and Jenny Blazing. April 5-29.

▪ “Watermark – A Solo Exhibit,” by Dawn Hummer. Mixed-media show. May 3-27.

▪ “Freestyle,” by various artists. May 3-27.

▪ “The Walls We Build,” by various artists. May 31-July 8.

▪ 40th annual North Carolina Artists Exhibition, March 4-April 22. Art Preview, Juror Lecture and Reception at 3 p.m. March 4. Gallery open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Free admission through box office (919-996-8700). Over 70 works by North Carolina artists will be on view and available for purchase.

▪ Nina Chanel Abney. Through April 2. The first visiting artist in the Ruby is Chicago-born painter Nina Chanel Abney, whose large-scale paintings take on some of today’s most pressing social justice issues.

This story was originally published February 25, 2018 at 1:24 PM with the headline "Spring Preview: Your guide to art exhibits at museums and galleries."